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from Jim Conrad's Newletter: Selected
FERNS & Their KIN
You can browse observation-linked thumbnails of
all species of ferns and allies documented by Jim
at the iNaturalist website.
SHORTCUTS:
Brakes
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Cliffbrakes
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Lipferns
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Maidenhairs
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Polypodies
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Spleenworts
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Swordferns
Adder's-tongue Ferns (
Ophioglossum cf. engelmannii)
Anemia phyllitidis
Beech Fern, Broad (
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
)
Bracken (
Pteridium aquilinum
)
BRAKES, genus
Pteris
Brake (
Pteris {Mildella} fallax
)
Brake, Chinese (
Pteris vittata
)
Brake, Cretan (
Pteris cretica
)
Brake, Elephantleaf (
Pteris grandifolia
)
Calaguala (
Phlebodium decumanum
)
Chain Fern, Giant (
Woodwardia fimbriata
)
Christmas Fern (
Polystichum acrostichoides
)
Cliff Fern (
Woodsia mollis
)
CLIFFBRAKES, genus
Pellaea
Pellaea villosa
Heartleaf (
Pellaea cordifolia
)
Purple-stem (
Pellaea atropurpurea
)
Spiny (
Pellaea truncata
possible hybrid)
Climbing Fern, Japanese(
Lygodium japonicum
)
Climbing Fern (in Mexico) (
Lygodium venustum
)
Cloakfern, Hybrid (
Astrolepis integerrima
)
Cloakfern, Wavy Scaly (
Argyrochosma sinuata
)
False Cloakfern (in Mexico) (
Argyrochosma formosa
)
False Cloakfern, Powdery (
Argyrochosma dealbata
)
Flowering Fern (
Anemia mexicana
)
Fragile Fern (
Cystopteris fragilis
)
Glade Fern, Silvery (
Deparia acrostichoides
)
Gold Fern (
Pityrogramma triangularis
)
Grapefern, Dissected (
Botrychium dissectum
)
Hares-foot-fern (
Phlebodium cf aureum
)
Holly Fern, Japanese (
Cyrtomium falcatum
)
Horsetail, Smooth (
Equisetum laevigatum
)
Lady Fern, Northwestern (
Athyrium cyclosorum
)
Leather Fern, Giant (
Acrostichum danaefolium
)
Leather Fern, Golden (
Acrostichum aureum
)
LIPFERNS, genus
Hemionitis
Hemionitis emperatricella
also known as
Pellaea sagittata
Hemionitis farinosa
also known as
Aleuritopteris farinosa
Lipfern, (
Hemionitis candida
)
Lipfern, (
Hemionitis myriophylla
)
Lipfern, Alabama (
Hemionitis alabamensis
)
Lipfern, Bonaire (
Hemionitis bonariensis
)
"Cloak Fern" (
Hemionitis sulphurea
)
Lipfern, Glandular (
Hemionitis kaulfusii
)
Lipfern, Mexican Beaded (
Hemionitis mexicana
)
Lipfern, Rough (
Myriopteris scabra
)
Lipfern, Royal (
Hemionitis notholaenoides
)
Lipfern, Southern (
Hemionitis microphylla
)
Lipfern, White-footed (
Hemionitis leucopoda
)
Llavea (
Llavea cordifolia
)
Maiden, Freetip (
Thelypteris tetragona
)
Maiden, Ovate (
Thelypteris ovata
)
Maiden, Roughhairy (
Thelypteris hispidula
)
MAIDENHAIR FERNS, genus
Adiantum
Maidenhair (
Adiantum poiretii
)
Maidenhair, Brittle (
Adiantum tenerum
)
Maidenhair, Diamond (
Adiantum trapeziforme
)
Maidenhair, Hairy (
Adiantum tricholepis
)
Maidenhair, Northern (
Adiantum pedatum
)
Venus's-Hair Fern (
Adiantum capillus-veneris
)
Male Fern (
Dryopteris filix-mas
)
aff.
Male Fern (
Dryopteris filix-mas
)
Microgramma nitida
Mosquito Fern (
Azolla
sp.)
Palm Fern (
Blechnum appendiculatum
)
Pine Fern (
Anemia adiantifolia
)
Polypody, False Golden (
Phlebodium pseudoaureum
)
POLYPODIES, genera
Polypodium
&
Pleopeltis
Polypodium plesiosorum
Redscale Scaly (
Pleopeltis polylepis
)
Resurrection Fern (
Pleopeltis polypodioides
)
Scaly (
Pleopeltis plebeia
)
"Sierra Madre" (
Polypodium madrense
)
Star-scaled Fern (
Pleopeltis astrolepis
)
Rattlesnake Fern (
Botrypus virginianum
)
Rockbrake, American (
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
)
Salvinia, Giant (
Salvinia molesta
)
Serpocaulon dissimile
Shasta Fern (
Polystichum lemmonii
)
Shield-fern, Southern (
Thelypteris kunthii
)
Shoestring Fern (
Vittaria lineata
)
Silverback Fern (
Pityrogramma camomelanos
)
Spleenworts, genus
Asplenium
Spleenwort, Black-stemmed (
Asplenium resiliens
)
Spleenwort, Ebony (
Asplenium platyneuron
)
Spleenwort, Single-Sorus (
Asplenium monanthes
)
Spleenwort, Triangle (
Asplenium pumilum
)
Strap Fern (
Campyloneurum costatum
)
SWORDFERNS
Swordfern (
Polystichum hartwegii
)
Swordfern/ Boston Fern (
Nephrolepis exaltata
)
Swordfern, Fishtail (
Nephrolepis falcata)
Swordfern, Giant (
Nephrolepis biserrata
)
Swordfern, Narrowleaf (
Polystichum imbricans
)
Swordfern, Pigmy (
Nephrolepis cordifolia "duffii"
)
Swordfern, Rough (
Nephrolepis hirsutula
)
Swordfern, Western (
Polystichum munitum
)
Torres's Fern (
Macrothelypteris torresiana
)
Tree Fern (
Lophosoria quadripinnata
)
Water Clover, Hairy (
Marsilea vestita
)
Wood Fern, Alpine (
Dryopteris wallichiana
)